Dec
19th
2020
Master Shakes · 12:54am Dec 19th, 2020
Well, it's official! I have completed my post-graduate degree this fall (online), and I have my physical copy of my Master's Degree in Physics framed on my office wall.
Which means that, yes, you may now refer to me as:
Master Shakes
And if you ever want to go down the rabbit hole of discussing the unification of quantum theory and relativity, then catch me in Discord voice chat after I've had a few to drink.
Good on you! Planning on pursuing anything interesting in the field?
Ah yes, alchohol and brain melting mathematics. A wonderful combo.... anyways congrats!
Congratulations!
Congratulations and I think I can maybe go hooftip-to-hooftip with you even though my degrees are not in physics.
Congratulations, man!
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I am currently a laser engineer. And that pays the bills well enough. But I'm always on the lookout for new or interesting opportunities. There isn't really a lot of 'jobs' for people to just sit around to think about 'physics and stuff'. Remember, even Einstein was a patent clerk when he developed his theory of relativity. Maybe I'll come up with some groundbreaking new theory while doing fiber optic splicing.
I wonder how long you've had to wait to make that joke. Must feel real good saying that!
Congrats!
CELEBRATION!
The Man. The Legend. The Master of Physics. The World's Strongest Writer™
Congratz Shake!
Now if I can just get my Arse into Collage for a Degree in Robotics, Electrical, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering!
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Oh man. What if, three years ago, someone else got their master's degree, and I congratulated them, and then they asked me if I had mine, and I had to say no, and then they said that it was too bad because then they could call me Master Shakes, and what if something as superficial as that was the thing that convinced me to finally pursue my post-graduate degree? That would be funny, wouldn't it?
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Ten years from now, when a paper is published that cracks the origin of dark energy as being formed by the bonding of related systems breeding with one another and is called the 'Sparkle Theorem', we'll all know know it was thanks to the genius of Master Shakes.
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You're right enough about that! We'd probably know a lot more about the fascinating forces out there if great thinkers were permitted to just contemplate them, instead of having jobs. I know if I ever got into a physics degree, my mind would certainly enjoy pondering the cosmos. :p
You'll have to make sure you share any theories you come across on here! I know I'd enjoy reading about them, even if the technical stuff would likely go over my head.
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Don't- Don't do that. Don't tempt me like that. I already write hundreds of thousands of words here.
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"Did you hear about Master Shakes' new theorem?"
"Oh, please don't tell me that he has yet another theorem about related systems breeding with one another? Sixteen theorems, and they're all about related systems breeding with one another! I hear that the last three had to be kept in specially constructed below-zero environments!"
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You're right about that, and people love to read them all! Even if you don't wanna share with everyone, I'm always down for some science! I'm just not an expert in any sense of the word.
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honestly this is a better reason than most people who go for a grad degree
I'm not even kidding
gz bruv
Dude! Congratulations!
That's fantastic, Shakes—Congrats!
And now, for the Doctorate. Because Doctor Shakes has an awesome ring to it.
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One should never underestimate what a person will do in service of a good pun.
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That's ridiculous, everyone knows that Master Shakes's theorems on relativity are too hot to be held to such temps.
didnt we already called you a god? wouldnt that entail you being a master too?
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Everyone wants the jester to juggle one more ball...
Congrats!
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Okay, but now I'm envisioning you laying out the fundamentals behind an FTL ansible communicator like out of Orson Scott Card's works to a dissertation committee.
"You see gentlemen, much like Twilight Sparkle and her brother, the bond shared between the two particles causes an attraction that defies all laws. This bonds transcends all of space and time. When one particle observes the other being stimulated and excited by a certain cadance, the other becomes similarly excited and instinctively mirrors its mate."
"Master Shakespearicles, I do belive you misspelled the word cadence."
"Did I, though?"
In all seriousness dude, great work.
Oooh, congrats! I love myself some physics too!
Congrats!
You make it sound like you're the Neil deGrasse Tyson of bronies.
Congrats! That's no easy feat!
Congratulations! :)
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Masters in Physics? Then it seems you can also be called...(wait for it)...
...Sheldon!
Congrats!
Congratulations!!
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Or... you'll dump that whole science mumbo jumbo for professional adult fiction writing. I can imagine that interview right now:
Jokes aside, congrats, man
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Congrats man ^^
That's a thing you can be really proud of. :)
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It may not be the longest set up for a joke but it’s certainly getting there.
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> my Masters Degree on the wall be like
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I'm reminded of Doctor Frank Trollman, who pointed out while in the middle of earning his degree that "Doctor Trollman" is just such a supervillain name that it hardly sounds real.
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So when are gonna start the ClopTalk podcast?
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I am considering starting a podcast called: What's Shake'n?, talking about anything and everything from writing craft, philosophical ethics, and cosmology theory. Big brain stuff.
First though, I'm going to have to get my streaming gear in order. (Lights, camera, mic, etc.)
The more I read about you Shake, the more in common I see.
You own a house, I own a house.
You’re mid 30s, I’m mid 30s.
You’re prior military, I’m active military.
You have a masters, I’m stationed at a military university earning my masters.
Seem to have a lot in common. I f***ing hate that.
Seriously thought, congrats. You earned it. I recommend celebrating by watching some other brilliant minds with Drunk History S5 E2, “Dangerous Minds”.
Awesome to hear! Congratulations!
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That would be the first (and probably only) podcast I'd listen to.
Gratz, dude. Take it. I be thu big dumm, butt i meening it.
Congrats, dude. Now when the guy at the office starts giving you shit you can shout "o-BEY your MASTER!!!" at him. And also put "laser master" on your résumé when you go to find a new job.
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I mean... if you've either got to be the Doctor or the Master....